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792.7028 KIRKMA 2016
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New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.

2) Laughter on the 23rd floor

Author

Simon, Neil

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c1995

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
812.54 SIM 1995
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3) You can't touch my hair: and other things I still have to explain

Author

Robinson, Phoebe

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

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792.76 ROBINS 2016
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Offers humorous, poignant essays describing her experience as a black woman in modern America, covering such topics as how she's been questioned over her love of U2 and why you can't touch her hair.

4) Black is the new white: a memoir

Author

Mooney, Paul

Publisher

Gallery Books

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

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792.7 MOONEY 2009
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For more than forty years...Paul Mooney has been provocative, incisive- and absolutely hilarious. His comedy has always been indisputably real and raw, reflecting race issues in America... As head writer for The Richard Pryor Show, he helped tear down racial barriers and change the course of comedy. He helped Robin Williams and Sarah Bernhard break into show business. He paved the way for superstars like Eddie Murphy. Few have witnessed as much comedy...